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Taneja Group Opinion - Quantum Establishes Itself as a Formidable Player in Data De-duplication

Most recently, Quantum signed a cross-licensing agreement with Data Domain centered around data de-duplication patents, for which it received pre-IPO shares of Data Domain stock. Since there are other vendors in the marketplace that use data de-duplication technologies conceptually similar to that pioneered by Rocksoft, Quantum may have similar claims that could lead to other agreements. In addition, we think Quantum is in a very strong position to negotiate favorable licensing deals with other vendors that do not have such technologies in their arsenal. The agreement with Data Domain also comes on top of Quantum's recent integration of data de-duplication technology into its disk-based appliance and data management software portfolios.

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